My baby boy,
The movers came and finished up today. That part of the moving process is done. Now it’s just deep cleaning the house, painting back yours and Ellie’s rooms, and hoping that our household goods make it to Pennsylvania in one piece. According to the company, it’ll be there by May 7th. That’s a little crazy, but we’ve done it before. Plus, we will actually be able to live in the Pennsylvania house as soon as we get there. No sleeping in boxes this move, but I know that you and Ellie loved your boxes when we got here.
It’s amazing how our home just becomes “a house” once all of our things are out of it. Yes, the memories are all still there, but it sort of signals an “end” for me. We’ve done this enough for it to become more of a routine. We spend our last bit of time cleaning the house so it’s cleaner than we received it and then quickly onto the next house. This one is a bigger “end” though. This one is unlike the previous ends because this move is different in so many ways. Pennsylvania isn’t another stopping point for three years, it’s going to become home. Daddy won’t be with us this move and we are moving to a house you will have never made a single memory in. I’m worried about this transition, but only time will tell.
I’m not sure if I remembered telling you, but I think the mama hen has fifteen chicks! They are adorable. Ellie and I heard some cheeping when we walked home from school, but I oddly thought the chick was up in a tree. A few hours later, Lucas ran in the house to tell us that one of the chicks was down in the sewer grate. I went out to try and save it, but due to my complete lack of muscle, I couldn’t lift it. I went in to recruit daddy, who thought it was ridiculous, but he couldn’t lift it either. I attempted to help daddy lift it, but obviously I wasn’t much of a help. Lucas then ran over and got Mr. Tim to help. Together, daddy and Mr. Tim were able to open the grate, Mr. Tim went down to get the chick, and then he brought it back to the mama. If I’m being honest, saving that little chick made my day. I couldn’t imagine how Lucas would have handled it if they couldn’t get the grate open.
We have our final event tomorrow with Let Grace In. Ellie and I will be making vision boards and the boys will be back with the other kids doing kids support group activities. Elijah is excited because I’m pretty sure he has a crush on the one girl who helps facilitate the kids group. He refuses to acknowledge this, but had a ridiculous smile on his face when I told him she would be there tomorrow. I don’t even know what I would put on a vision board for this year. Remember when we made ones? Ellie’s is actually sitting in my room right now, she put a lot of snacks on hers. Yours was downstairs in the gray table. I think yours had fishing and water pictures on it. Mine had a lot of quotes about working on myself, working out, and pictures of hikes. Maybe this time around I will just have a picture of me on it because I’m just hoping to survive this year.
I’m going to get to bed, baby boy. I love you more than anything. Goodnight and sweet dreams.